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X1.7 Flare Produced By Our Sun: First X-Flare Of 2012!!

Major Solar Flare/ S2 Radiation Storm

Sunspot 1402 located on the northwest limb, just produced a major X1.7
Solar Flare at 18:37 UTC. An R3 Level Radio Blackout resulted ,which
led to the fading of HF signals on the sunlit side of Earth. Signals
have since recovered. The proton levels are on the rise again and the moderate S2 radiation storm threshold has been reached.






Top 10 Solar Flares for Cycle24

So where does the latest solar event rank in the top 10 list of Solar
Flares during Solar Cycle 24?. The X1.7 on Friday ranks #7. Below is
the updated Top 10 list of solar flares during Cycle 24 and is
organized by Size, Date, Year and Sunspot number.

1) X6.9 - August 9 2011 (1263)
2) X2.2 - February 15 2011 (1158)
3) X2.1 - September 6 2011 (1283)
4) X1.9 - November 3 2011 (1339)
5) X1.9 - September 24 2011 (1302)
6) X1.8 - September 7 2011 (1283)
7) X1.7 - January 27 2012 (1402)
8) X1.5 - March 9 2011 (1166)
9) X1.4 - September 22 2011 (1302)
10)M9.3 - August 4 2011 (1261)


Added: Jan-27-2012 Occurred On: Jan-27-2012
By: Sp33dyD3m0n
In: Science and Technology
Tags: Solar, Flare, Xflare, X1.7, Storm, Magnetosphere, SOHO, Stereo-A, Stereo-B, SDO, COR2
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  • Quick! We need a new bill with more regulations and higher taxes to stop solar flares!

    Posted Jan-27-2012 By 
    leadfoot88 (258.12)

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  • http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/today.html

    The only figure that's really meaningful for creating Auroras and affecting transmission lines is the bottom graph Estimated Kp

    It stayed in the Green the whole time so no major drama

    Posted Jan-27-2012 By 
    DEADBEEF (4166.96)  

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    • @DEADBEEF I didn't know that the only thing we looked at were Auroras and power grids. It's a scientific event no matter what the effect is here on Earth. Yes the Kp-index did stay below 3, or "green zone", if you'd like. But that is here on Earth, with the radiation storm created, I would imagine our astronauts are once again hanging out in their pods. Not to mention it did create a HF blackout for nearly an hour... You're only looking at the geomagnetic storm aspect to the flare.

      Posted Jan-27-2012 By 
      Sp33dyD3m0n (321.50)  

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  • Is that how large the sunspot has become???

    Posted Jan-27-2012 By 
    thad (48.84)  

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  • Comment of user 'Kodiak229' has been deleted by author!

  • Ok, lemme guess here.
    global warming is causing the sun to spit out
    massive flares....

    Posted Jan-27-2012 By 
    jph1162 (167.12)

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  • Here's an animated gif of the huge solar wave from the flare. Lucky it's not headed toward us.

    http://spaceweather.com/images2012/27jan12/cme_c2.gif?PHPSESSID=1jabeggmraesh8akvcsat6hf93

    Posted Jan-28-2012 By 
    joe prole (1637.30)  

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  • Whatever

    Posted Jan-28-2012 By 
    kingcopy (133.04)  

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  • nuh uh this is science, its full of holes and assumptions, they dont know what really is going on out there...are they actually there? then its not science its just guesses. The bible says 'let there be light' it doesnt say 'let there Coronal Mass Ejections with destructive potential'

    Checkmate Scientist!

    signed ScourgeofSmallcords

    Posted Jan-27-2012 By 
    deznutts (171.70)

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    • @deznutts does the bible also say "let there be enough uv and x-ray radiation possibly effect the inosphere of the earth"? (in short, x-ray shots are free while i'm getting a tan^^)

      Posted Jan-27-2012 By 
      DickDastardly (62.60)  

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